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Chapter 14

THE MASTERMIND

But Anna was wrong.

At that very moment, someone else had arrived at exactly the same conclusions. A shrewd mind now also knew where the wreck of the Chivonne lay, and what had caused it to sink. And it had calculated that, due to the volcanic activity indicated by data history on a precise date, there was a good chance that the ship had been covered in lava shortly after it had sunk – which accounted for the fact that the wreck had never been spotted before.

He also knew that there was a very good chance that the lava encasing a ship would have preserved all living things aboard, and that it was very likely that specimens suitable for cloning could be recovered from the wreck.

Long-fingered hands closed the copy of Hodoul’s stolen diary that he was studying, and a greedy smile lit his long face.